Pope Clement II

Pope Clement II (1005-9 October 1047), born Suidger von Morsleben, was Pope from 1046 to 1047, succeeding Pope Gregory VI and preceding Pope Benedict IX.

Biography
Suidger von Morsleben was born in 1005 in Hornburg, Lower Saxony. He was made Bishop of Bamberg in 1040 and in 1046 he accompanied Henry III of Germany on his campaign to Italy against Pope Gregory VI, and he was made the new pope. He accompanied the emperor on his campaign in southern Italy, and he excluded the priests of Benevento from the church for refusing to open their gates to the Holy Roman Empire. Clement died in Pesaro in 1047.